Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 102
102 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 hesitate even in committing adultery with their mothers, that is why it was stated: حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَمَّهُتُكُمْ ! Otherwise, the Glorious Quran does not give a command in vain. It appears that he [the Holy Prophet] accomplished all this through prayer, that is why Almighty Allah states: لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ 2 Most people are unaware of the secret of prayer. Success is impossible until prayer reaches such a stage. 3 Mesmerism A person asked the Promised Messiahas in writing about the nature of mesmerism. The Promised Messiahas wrote in response: A while back when I contemplated over the nature of mesmer- ism, I received this response from God Almighty, هذَا هُوَ التَّرْبُ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ This is 'Amalut-Tirb [mesmerism] the mystery of which people of the present time have no knowledge. 1. Forbidden to you are your mothers (Sūrah an-Nisā', 4:24). [Publisher] 2. Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death (Sūrah ash-Shuʻarā, 26:4). [Publisher] 3. Badr, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 3, dated 31 January 1907